deb?> seems like a condemnation of how congress behaved over the debt ceiling talks it took months for them to put it together, that they waited until the 11th hour when everybody was almost in a sort of a fear mode. congress has to get back to work, but they're on vacation. >> well, absolutely. i mean, no matter how you look at it it's an indictment of congress and the dysfunction in the s&p's view we've seen over the last several weeks and months over this debt ceiling issue. one of the issues that treasury officials, problems they had with this judgment, this downgrade, was that it was a political decision, not an economic one, as far as they're concerned. but certainly the politics matter. the s&p has said this whole issue of the debt ceiling and the threat of default, have been used as a political bargaining chip. so, they're not -- they're not optimistic that given what we've seen the last weeks in coming to this small deal which they say is not enough, given the problems we've seen

deb? >> and when we're looking at the aaa rating also, clearly that affects just about everything. what are we talking about? >> reporter: well, initially, what we really are talking about is the average american. and that's the person that's really going to be affected. you are going to see higher interest rates when it comes to taking out a loan, whether it's your mortgage, whether it's a car loan, a credit card, anything like that. it really affects the pocketbook of the average american out there. and that's what is really a problem, because when we're talking about a recovery, already it's been difficult to borrow money. there's been very slow moving money out there, and americans haven't been able to get ahold of any kind of loans for things. so this means that the recovery is going to be stalled even further. that's about the last thing we needed to hear right now, frankly. so the average american that's going to be affected first, but overall, it's going to have a global impact, be

deb? >> all right. alison. when you think about it, in june, i believe it was, 18,000 jobs were added. that was much lower than anyone anticipated. is there any indication where the new jobs have come from? >> reporter: well, actually the june number that we found out today was revised upward to 46,000. so it wasn't 18,000. we learned this morning. that is what happens. they go back and the labor department reviews the numbers and adjusts them so we saw the 46,000 were added in june. where did the jobs come from? health care, 31,000 added and retail added and retail 24,000 jobs added. even though we are seeing jobs added, this is a good sign but you need to see consistent growth to really see it kind of help the economy out because, you know, we have lost so many jobs. we lost 8 million jobs during the height of the recession and we have only added back 2 million jobs. we're a long ways off but at least this is a step in the right direction. >> alison, thanks so much. we will check back with you in a little bit

deb. >> it is interesting.ing done in washington. i think even president obama said they don't want a dysfunctional government. has the president said anything this morning? >> reporter: he hasn't said anything. he is at camp david. we know he was briefed on the downgrade before he left for camp david. no more news out of this. even in the pushback to the downgrade, certainly the treasury department noted that the s&p had made what they called this big mistake in accounting in figuring out the debt to gdp ratio. they said there was no economic reason behind the downgrade. the political reason is no less important or difficult to deal with. what is interesting is soon after the news came out, we got the slew of e-mails from congress and candidates. it looks like the same argument continues. you have republican members of congress saying this shows that there has been too much spending. we need a balanced budget amendment. you have democrats saying we need a more balanced approach. >> athena, thank you for joinin

deb? >> which is basically, they haven't necessarily created jobs and they haven't put forward a plan to show ow the economy's going to be growing. the s&p did make an error in its calculations, but really, it still decided to downgrade and that's because they kind of had their minds made up, right? >> absolutely. yeah. they may have made an error in terms of -- sort of like a rounding error, really, in terms of the $2 trillion they said the u.s. brought to their attention, but that really didn't make any difference. because the point is, is we're looking down the road. it's about the future of this country. it's about where we're going. will we be able to get a global recovery? are there going to be jobs provided? so far, we haven't seen that. we've got a jobs number on friday that was ever so slightly better than expected, and i mean ever so slightly. that wasn't enough to show that jobs are being created to keep up with population growth. we need to see 200,000, 250,000 jobs created eve

time, deb. >> all right. jerusalem bureau chief, kevin flower. thank you so much. >>> more on the international markets. tom ashby joins us live from our studio in the capital of abu dhabi. should we expect the same thing later today as asian markets begin trading, the same thing as we saw in tel aviv? >> there's a similar story playing out here in the united arab emirates and across the gulf. one has to remember, the gulf, arabic economies are very tied to the dollar, both through oil exports and, of course, through their large holdings of sovereign wealth fund which is are most de-no, ma'dominate eed. we've seen very similar effects in the gulf arab countries. >> tom, your thoughts on the u.s. downgrade. will international investors look elsewhere, perhaps somewhere safer, some place that has maintained their aaa rating? >> well, there are only about three or four countries i think that still have a aaa rating. germany, the uk, amongst others. but really, one has to remember that this downgrade is only from one rating agency of three. and also

compartido ,una mayhoria demócratas en el senado y una mayoría en la cámara de representantes por eso no deb puede avanzar, además una lista al congreso de asuntos que están pendientes para la necesidad de generar trabajo y mejorar la economía le cuesta puntos el y también ahora que el senado y el congreso salen del reseso ver el animo para comenzar a trabajar en asuntos pendientes como los tratados de libre comercio que son fuentes importantes para empleos pero termina uno de los capitulos del desarrollo de la deuda y la mejoria de los asuntos fiscales del país . >> desde washington . >> la practica como le afectataria, nos perjudica o beneficia . >> con el acuerdo firmado el país evita la suspencion de pagos pero con consecuencias, ,cuando suben los intereses los prestamos son más caros sobre todo para quienes quieren comprar casas el pago subiria . >> los valores son bajos pero los intereses pueden cortar la economía . >> se mantiene el máximo de puntaje el país puede pedir prestado . >> la consecuncias se verán en los intereses . >> necesito 6 mil dólares ahora me costaria mucho más . >>

. >> reporter: that's right, deb. honest, i think they are probably scared to death wondering if they can do it, but you know what? they can and they do. the final round jumped into the river for one mile of swimz. we have a team of 10 cnn producers competing in the race, and six viewers. these are viewers who six months ago had never done anything athletic. they were couch potatoes. one of them lost 70 pounds in the last six months to make this triathlon happen, and they are biking right now and will be at the finish line when they are done. >> out of curiosity, do they have safety boats in the hudson river? can you see? >> reporte >> reporter: yeah, they certainly do. there are lifeguards on kayaks ready to help anybody if there is a problem. every year there is maybe one or two people that do have problems. but for the most part, it all goes swimmingly, no pun intended. >>> headed to church this morning? what if, let's say, you could rate your priest? one country has a website to do it, and no clergy member is off

. >> reporter: the kestler family received help moving deb bring outside their home without even asking. >> very humane thing to do. >> reporter: they decided to ride out irene but won't take that chance next time around. cbs5 news, maneo, north carolina. >>> the 129th rescue ring of the california national guard at moffet field this morning to head to new jersey. it was scrapped before it began. they were onboard with two helicopters when the call to deplane came 11:30 this morning. 20 other guardsmen were preparing to take the second flight. since the hurricane wasn't nearly as devastating as was thought it was going to be and they weren't needed. >> in this case the situation with the hurricane dictated the cancellation of the mission. >> 40 members of the rescue ring did take off on a c17 yesterday and they are now on the east coast. >>> over in sacramento red cross workers are getting ready to possible hurricane deploy hundreds of roll tears to the storm ravaged region. the capital region chapter managed to get three volunteers out there. other volunteers are waiting to be called u

they vote ed d to raise the deb ceiling through the end of 2012. government spending by over $2 trillion in the next decade. we caught up with john boehner right after the vote. >> what do you think the message is for the american people tonight? >> the process workses. it may not be pretty, but it works. >> next up, a noon vote in the senate where the plan is supposed to get a green light. then it's onto the president's desk with hour to spare before the president say it can no longer pay america's billing. >>> tropical storm em will i is churning through the caribbean this morning, heading northwest and triggering watches and warnings in the dominican republic, puerto rico, and the virgin islands. we're keeping an eye on emily. it shows the storm tracking close to florida by the weekend but it is still early know where it's headed. >>> polygamist leader warren jeffs says he's quoting god. he filed this on saturday telling the judge to recuse herself. he's accused of taking two child brides ages 12 and 15, sexually assaulting them. one of the girl

bush ii, who put in place the massive tax cuts that ballooned the deficits and the deb had the worst record o economic growth, averaging 1.6%. well, let's connect the dots. let's connect the dots. big increase in debt during the reagan administration, but pretty good economic growth. he took the number-two spot. bush i, massive increase in deficits and debt, economic growth faltered. clinton administration has by far the best record on deficits and debt, also the best record on economic growth. and then bush ii, who had huge tax cuts, never offset by an adjustment, and as reagan did, had the worst record of economic growth. and finally, on job creation, again, reagan administration 16 million jobs were created. quite a strong record of job creation during his eight years. first bush administration, only 3 million jobs created. the clinton administration, by far the winner on theobs derby, 23 million jobs created, and he had the best record of deficit and debt reduction and the best record on economic growth. and you know what? he raised taxes and cut spending. wow, our friends on the

congress, democrats and s to raise the deb enjoy the show tonight. >> as you just heard minutes ago a deal has been reached between the white house, congress and the democrats and republicans to raise the debt limit. we'll have more details of the deal, reaction to it and when that agreement will be voted on. that and more coming up 30 minutes. that's it for eyewitness news at 5:30 and you can find everything on cbs5.com ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the greek bailouts continue with some countries doubting athens can pay beyond the emotive bilinear deb's. at nights of. talks to the direct so the bennettsville passed about marco mueller about innovations from italian film makers wish blazed the trail for others worldwide. hello yellow welcome to spotlight the interview show. i am al green are better today my guest is mark old news or. italian film makers are among those who many times revolutionized cinema they often brought in the base but came examples for their colleagues world like their names like the leading bertolucci and antonioni power synonymous with creative exits where is the italian movies to now and dad well to also this question is one of the biggest names in european cinematography director of the venice film festival to mark felt. russian and italian cinema as much in common both are deeply psychological challenge you make yours as well as russians have always been interested in dramatically bands and tragedy has. some creative approach always. comes of self-expression but the reality is both russian and italian making

after president obama signed the law to raise the deb limits. moody's investors said the u.s. will keep its top level bond raying but they added a negative outlook saying the rating could be downgraded down the road. if that does happen interest rates would likely go up significantly across the board. >>> asian markets are reacting to the news from the u.s. tokyo's nikkei average losing more than 200 points today. hong kong's hang seng is down sharply in late trading and in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street a number of poor economic reports made investors pretty nervous. the dow lost 265 points. the nasdaq index dropped 75 points. >>> and oil prices dropped for a fourth straight day down to about $93 a barrel in trading in new york. it's a sign that investors expect the u.s. economy to slow down and bring down fuel demand with it. however, this could also mean lower gas prices. >>> and there are new clues this morning in the salmonella outbreak linked to tainted ground turkey. this morning's "new york times" reports that the meat processing company cargill has been

recall elections next tuesday she asked the question is who will be held accountable anyone so far deb riata they're getting away with the agency that's supposed to prosecute election fraud is the justice department and this would be the job of the u.s. attorney for eastern wisconsin james sent tell you may recall that during the bush administration the bush jr administration seven u.s. attorneys were fired for refusing to prosecute phony charges of voter fraud but totally ignored cases like this of election fraud which were perpetrated largely by republicans and prevented hundreds of thousands of americans all across the nation from voting or something to the wrong precincts in the wrong dates or like in florida in two thousand seventy thousand african-americans off the voter rolls because they were guilty of the crime of voting while black it's time for the justice department start prosecuting conservatives who push voter suppression and our last comments are night is from the viewer rant nine jack called in with an observation not about what i've been saying on the show rather about

we're live in san francisco, deb roar villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in the wake of violence after last week's 49-raiders game, the nfl stepped in and joined forces with san francisco police to believe up security at candlestick park and as patti lee reports that change was obvious in the parking lot. >> reporter: the requisite tailgate staples, food, football and friends were present at the stadium parking lot. as was something new an increased presence of police officers, and a team to enforce the code of conduct for fans. >> they did say that they wanted to us remove the champagne and that it couldn't be within eyesight and that no hard liquor was allowed here today. jeff miller, head of security says keeping order in the parking lot is key. >> if you lose the ballot in the tailgate out area, you have more fans than in the 1st quarter that are already visibly intoxicated. >> reporter: miller met with the 49ers and san francisco police chief before the game to discuss the changes. >> all the preseason games are a great game to dry-run what the new rules are. >> reporter: chief gr

the country for a bad rate crediting and now s&p is saying they have not done enough for the nation's debsenator hutchinson, if congress and the president they could default and lose the triple a credit rating. still it was downgraded, were you surprised? >> molly, you can't be surprised. they had begin all of the signals. are you sad, sure you are. it is not a good thing for america to not be in the very top tier of credit worthiness by one agency. on the other hand other two rating agencies have been clear that they are taking a wait and see attitude and i believe that this is our opportunity to do more on entitlement reform to show that we are going to be serious about more cuts. >> lawmakers are home for the august summer break. is it serious enough to come back to washington and work on the spending cuts? >> i think we are working on spending cuts.rovides for the comttee of both houses of congress to come together to look for 1.2 or more trillion in cuts. they are in the very near time going to appoint those committees and start work before we get back in september. that's where the

when you look at everything from anddebt ceiling deb satan sand wedge -- economy has dropped from 77% in october to over 50% now. is there an opportunity for someone on the right to give a compelling narrative? why -- i have to raise the question -- is there an opportunity for someone to say that this economy and president is not working for you, i have something you should look at? >> republicans have a point. the economy is terrible and really bad for african-americans and for all americans. that question assumes that republicans are actually going to come out and compete for the black vote. the way that this works -- the way that the gop deals with black voters is about them trying to appeal to moderate white swing voters to make them seem as if they are more moderate than they are. that is one way in which the republicans handle black voters. the other way is that they are basically trying to demoralize black voters and keep them away from the polls as the congresswoman seem to indicate when she was talking about voter fraud. i do not see the gop making any real concerted effort t

the european central bank is taking steps to try to keep the deb crisis from sledding. gold considered a safe haven investment breached the record $1700 an ounce. theycc1: have said expected the downgrade so the impact should be small as the day carries on. they say people will continue to put money in u.s. treasuries the safest re stillcc1: and most liquid market despite the downgrade. the markets fell more than 16% but the dow closed higher. so anything is possible when the opening bell counseleds. then the closing well rings later on in the day. >> courtney, thank you. >> let's warm things up a little. check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> i don't know if that's necessary. a little dramatic this morning. it's a good thing. we love having you. we're looking good this morning. we have dense fog developing. you can see that from your live picture of the golden gate bridge. so wherever you are headed take it easy out there. probably a good idea to give yourself ample time so you reach your destination without having to rush. in terms of visibility rig

there were certainly many americans once they mentioned about the same way, people like debs goldmanthought they guess, it was a war against democracy and who believe woodrow wilson when he said we were fighting for democracy. he antiwar folks away sympathize with much, much more said it is a mockery to say this is a war against evil in britain, france and the united state were allies with russia. reship until the february revolution was the last absolute monarchy in europe. i think, you know, that just brings out how countries, when they go to war, always claim to be fighting for the most noble of fate deals. they never say they are fighting for their economic self-interest . they only claim noble a ds and it behooves all of us who live in a time of four as we do right now, to question the rhetoric very, very closely. >> you mentioned to phenomenon that seem to be closely related. i don't know how. one is tribalism and i'd like you to explain what you mean. and the other is in the shed. you didn't mention it, but this is the war to end all wars. so are all the others. and part of th

deb was embedded with soldiers in the iraq war. and why it was important we went from a draft to the volunteer army into the end of the vietnam into everything that followed. when you had a draft you could have demonstrations and you could run into a severe domestic problem. when you have a volunteer army it's only about 1% of the american people that's involved in defending 99% of the people. so there isn't that same level of concern and people -- a lot of reporters had no idea what soldiers went through. no idea, whatever, because they themselves did not serve in the military and they -- unless you're a pentagon correspondent you don't know much about it. so there's been an effort on the part of the pentagon to bring the press in. and that could be way overdone to a point where the press becomes a prisoner. my brother said in a program many years ago that the press was a prisoner of the pentagon and would see only what the pentagon wanted it to see. but at the same time, there were other reporters, freelance people, unilaterals a

it is a great argument before the supreme court on the case of eugene debs the american roadway worker union leader. darrow said 100,000 men, 300,000 american men walked off the job across the country. i don't care what the law says. i don't care what the legislators in illinois and the legislators in congress say. that cannot be against the law if 300,000 americans decide that it is wrong, that their life has to be resisted by this kind of a walkout. so that basically was his philosophy which was that the fumblings of men in the legislature writing down laws were really things that could be dashed away, brushed away in case of the greater morality and the motive of course was everything. if a defendant was caught red-handed with a gun in his hand but had a great motive, then darrow could find a way to justify that and almost all crimes he looked at in that manner. so yeah you read it and you get there and you say, wow that is pretty extreme but you know it is good for our society that we have extremist like that i think. >> there is a broad dark line between that case in bribing the j

deb tweets so rick perry will be better for jobs in detroit? that's a good one.f obama does not mean we don't wish him success. it means we want him to fight. i would like to hear what you have to say about this or any of the stories i cover. get to me, folks. follow me on twitter or facebook. or you can always e-mail me. >>> heading back to the congressional black caucus jobs fair in atlanta. right now, long lines of job seekers waiting in the sun, looking for somebody to take a clear look at their resumes. jeff johnson is live there in atlanta and jeff, what's the mood among job seekers today? >> the mood is actually excited. there are thousands of people standing in line in the hot sun, the same kind of numbers we saw in cleveland and atlanta are the kind we're seeing here. there are people that are just looking to be able to have an opportunity. i actually have one of those job seekers that's here with me right now, brandon is a morehouse college graduate from 2010, has been looking for work for quite some time. brandon, tell me, you're a morehouse graduate,

in his great argument before the supreme court on dhaka case of eugene debs, the american railroad worker leader, he said 100,000 men, 300,000 american men walked off the job across the country. i don't care what law says, i don't care what the legislators of illinois or the legislators of congress say. that cannot be against the wall of 300,000 americans decided that it's wrong that their life has to be resisted by this kind of walk out and so that basically was his philosophy that the families of men in the legislature writing down of the laws were really things that could be brushed away in case of the greater morality and the motives of course was everything to him. if a defendant was caught with a gun in his hand would have a great motive than darrow could find a way to justify that and almost all crime he looked at in that manner. so yes, you read it and you get there and say that's pretty extreme but, you know, it's good for our society that we have extremists like that i think. >> it is a broad line between the jury nullification and bribing the jury. >> pica midevening. my name i

the president and owner is deb carry, and her husband started the business in 1994.shington and state capitals are not helping the small business owner out because the big businesses are the ones that afford lobbyist and they are the ones in control in this country, and you feel like they need to change. >> yeah, i think the political system has been hijacked by lobbyists, and some people like ourselves we're having an issue in this state, and we're looking for competitive advantages to be found within the budgetary system is what we just came up again. >> you think the tax credits for new employees, and for building up businesses, more of that needs to be done? >> yeah, the health care credits i am excited about. how about support for schools? we really are short on skilled trades, like it would be wonderful if welding, construction, when you are talking about computer skills, why are they learning to play games? we need people to program machinery. nobody is touching that. >> a good positive story on the job front here at the new giarus brewing company. they make t

joining us live out of new york, deb, could this be used to identify people even when there's no reasonly the big concern. but think about it, the iris scan has to be held about five inches from your face. it's certainly not at the stage where it can be mounted on a light post to identify people crossing the street for example. think about fingerprinting, there does have to be reasonable suspicion, and that's the plan for iris scans as well. if someone is pulled over who's not documented, they could wind up in the database and that clearly will be legally challenged. but it's fascinating, we were so impressed by the degree of accuracy that this can call a prisoner's record. you have to be in the system to match, if you're not in the system, there's no match and the scan goes away. >>> coming up, the stock market could face a pretty bleak milestone if it doesn't manage to end higher today. >>> and later on, an environmental group checks children's car seats for chemicals, we're going to tell you which infant seats are the most toxic. e planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliv

debt.rd deb we have a fraction of the country that believes tt they are just mad because everything caved in 2008. george bush was putting us through two wars off the books. in 2000, when bill clinton was moving his impeachment. and when they passed certain trade with china -- if those things would be reminded daily for the people of ameca -- i think we would have a better educated society, and we would not have people picking up things on this website or that website. guest: i think the media did the best job they could. it is a pretty complicated debate. people are feeling a lot of stress right now. there is a question about how closely people are paying attention to this. it is something we will have to see. there is no question that people are frustrated and angry about the lack of jobs. it is tough out there for a politician. host: when folks go home for congreional recess in august and the president goes out to sell ts plan to the american people, what will they meet when they go home? guest: i do nothink we know yet. whenever he was speaking, he gave plans. he was getting applause

who recognized from the beginning that this was madness that it wasn't worth fighting, people like debsxample, the great american socialist leader spoke out loud, repeatedly against the war, was sent to prison by woodrow wilson's administration and while still in prison long after the war ended in 1920 he received more than a million votes for president on the socialist ticket. another american descender was the social work pioneer which ann adams. emma goldman's also went to prison for her opposition to the war. more than 500 american companies objectors were jailed during the war like these men at fort riley arkansas. in germany the great radical luxembourg went to prison for her opinions. in france and a staunch opponent of the war which was coming and spoke out repeatedly as he saw during the close was the socialist leader who was assassinated by the right-wing nationalist three days before the war began. in england, the country's leading philosophers bertrand russell was to my mind the most eloquent of all of the war opponents, and i think what i like about russell so much is that

debt.rd deb we have a fraction of the country that believes that they are just mad because everything caved in 2008. george bush was putting us through two wars off the books. in 2000, when bill clinton was moving his impeachment. and when they passed certain trade with china -- if those things would be reminded daily for the people of america -- i think we would have a better educated society, and we would not have people picking up things on this website or that website. guest: i think the media did the best job they could. it is a pretty complicated debate. people are feeling a lot of stress right now. there is a question about how closely people are paying attention to this. it is something we will have to see. there is no question that people are frustrated and angry about the lack of jobs. it is tough out there for a politician. host: when folks go home for congressional recess in august and the president goes out to sell this plan to the american people, what will they meet when they go home? guest: i do not think we know yet. whenever he was speaking, he gave plans. he was get

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deb to g.d.p. ratio are undermining confidence in america's ability to meet its obligations.onth's spike in oil prices has sent u.s. equity indices tumbling by more than 10% over the past year and led to expectations regarding u.s. economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012. a recent gnn poll earlier this week found broad sentiment among economists the u.s. is headed for another recessionary period. the united states triple-a credit rating was the focus of attention earlier this year while legislators debated raising the u.s. debt ceiling. rating agencies put a negative outlook on the u.s. long-term debt and some pronent instors made widely noted moves to reduce their exposures to u.s. treasuries. we go now to our financial correspondent adam dell who joins us from new york. adam, what can you tell us? >> i can report now that two of the three credit rating agencies hav issued public statements today warning tt the current trajectory of the u.s. economy is cause for concern from their per secretive. >> what -- perspective. >> what promised thi

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i will say after my last conversations about that, cnn was invited in, national public radio deb amos was invited in and we got a couple of british news agencies in. they were still kind of tracked and monitored in the country. they didn't have nearly the kind of freedom that i would have liked to have seen, that we would have liked to have seen. and i think npr just got back in again. but you're right. that the censorship is a huge problem. and one of the reasons that i have moved around the country is to get a sense myself of what's going on. it's terribly frustrating to know really understand. you can watch youtube videos but there's a certain utility to having grown eyes to see things. i have been encouraging my colleague ambassadors in damascus to get out of damascus and to visit parts of the country. some are quite active. the french ambassador, for example. and i think we then also need to help the syrian people themselves, the activists learn how to make the best use of technologies so that they too can use the internet to get the word out. and i have to say they're quite inge

the social security system is not the cause of our deb our deficit. do not let folks opel you by saying that in order to get a handle on our debt, we have to slash social security. there are some modest adjustments that can be made that will make it solvent for 75 years. that is about as long as you can think ahead as a country. the way to do it is similar to the way that ronald reagan picked social security back in 1983. they said ok, we will make some modest adjustments that are phased in over a very long period of time. if we do that, and all the money goes back into social security, there is no reason why social security will not be there for future generations. again, this is an example of where everybody gets so dug-in on their positions. i have to say, in fairness, i have commented on the other side not always been flexible, there are some times when democrats are not as flexible as they need to be. i get frustrated when i hear folks say you cannot make any changes to any government programs. that cannot be right. most companies, every year, th

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representatives jeb henserling, deb kemp, and pat toomey and on the democratic side representatives javier ba-sera, james clyburn and chris van holland, patty murray and mark bachus and for more information about the committee including bios, videos and related stories, visit our website at c-span.org/deficit. and where he return mow to that panel discussion on the new media impacts on the court system. >> there may be circumstances under which it would be appropriate to have a very limited closure. but i would want to take -- i would want to take that under advisement and really consider that moment and the nature of the questions. and the point of voir dire where those questions were being asked to see if they're still relevant to the process before i would want to close that. >> all right. we will assume that means the motion is denied without precedence for individual circumstances. our friend the defense lawyer decides to try and go for a gag order. >> yes, absolutely. >> why? >> well, frankly, this is a thin case. this is a circumstantial case after the crime to arrest my client unde

national public radio featured an interview with a massachusetts eighth grade teacher, deb allen, who was exuberant about her newfound freedom to explicitly discuss homosexual behavior with kids after the law passed in massachusetts. in my mind i know, okay, this is legal now, she said. if somebody wants to challenge me, i'll say, give me a break, it's legal now. that's what she said to npr. the npr reporter went on to explain that the teacher now discusses gay sex with students thoroughly and explicitly with a chart in the eighth grade. i feel like i'm also representing parents who have not been invited here to speak who have a sincerely-held religious view that marriage is between one man and one woman, and they want to protect their young children against other views. rob and robin in 2006 had their 7-year-old son joey come home to tell them about a book his teacher had read to the class expounding on same-sex relationships. at first they thought that he was mistaken. they requested that the school inform them about such presentations, and can they were turned down. another couple,